Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

[Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>]

Scott,

Are you willing to lend that money interest free?

Are you running that network for $0/mo?

How are you getting free bandwidth?

What are the chances 100% of your customers have 0 problems, pay on time
every day?

That 14 years turns into 30 very quickly.

Josh Luthman
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On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 6:10 PM scott <surfer () mauigateway com> wrote:

> On 6/1/21 9:56 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
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> For something "future-proof" you have to run fiber. Rural fiber would cost
> $5 - $10/ft. That's $26k - $52k per mile.
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> Most rural roads around here have 2 - 3 houses per mile. I'm sure the more
> rural you go, the less you have.
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> That's one hell of an install cost per home passed.
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> Unless I missed something, back-of-a-napkin calculations say:
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> on the low side:
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> $26000 / 2.5 = $10400
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> $50/month charge to the rural customer gives $125
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> $10400 / $125 = 84 months or 7 years.
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> On the high side: 14 years.
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> scott